Modern Robert E. Howard fandom is on the rise and I decided to add my own contribution. Each issue is 80 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 (side-stapled) fanzine SWORD & FANTASY.

SWORD & FANTASY #1 (2005). Articles include detailed guides to several classic Robert E. Howard fanzines (CROSS PLAINS, LONE STAR FICTIONEER, etc). I also have a detailed look at the Robert E. Howard story "Valley of the Worm." There is also the transcript to the Wandering Star Robert E. Howard panel (which I was on) from the 2002 San Diego Comicon. Plus I'm featuring my 7,000 word article on Karl Edward Wagner's KANE series wherein I review and examine every published Kane story Wagner wrote. I also take a detailed look at Gil Kane's classic sword & sorcery comic BLACKMARK.

SWORD & FANTASY #2 (2005). The front cover art is by Margaret Brundage taken from the cover of the November 1935 WEIRD TALES. The back cover is a reproduction of the cover of a 1970s foreign paperback edition of Robert E. Howard stories. Articles include a lengthy interview with Jim & Ruth Keegan, the writers and artists of THE ADVENTURES OF TWO-GUN BOB, the Robert E. Howard bio-strip which appears in each issue of the Dark Horse CONAN comic book. There is also an article on the Conan story "The Scarlet Citadel."  Plus a 1938 article by Henry Kuttner "Selling The Fantasy Story." Also presented is an 8 page letter by Harold Preece about a Robert E. Howard biography he planned to write. I also include an article on MODERN ROBERT E. HOWARD FANDOM and the new fanzines currently available, a 1940s article on Robert E. Howard from the old fanzine THE FANSCIENT, and a 1940s review of the Arkham edition of SKULLFACE & OTHERS  from a British science fiction fanzine, FANTASY REVIEW. There is also first in a series of articles on Sword & Sorcery in comics (this installment on the 1960s Warren magazines which featured Reed Crandall, Steve Ditko, Gray Morrow, Frank Frazetta and Jeff Jones), and much more!

SWORD & FANTASY #3 (2005). The front cover art is by Joe Jusko (which he sent me to use as it previously only appeared on a promo for a statue and was not a SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN cover). The back cover is the color art for the cover of the 1976 British paperback edition of KING KULL. Articles include a lengthy section on the making of the movie KULL THE CONQUEROR, including examinations of three different screenplay drafts, and an interview with screenwriter Charles Edward Pogue (who wrote the original screenplay which was later rewritten by others). There is also a look at the Conan story "Shadows In The Moonlight" (complete with the old WEIRD TALES illo), A 1935 biographical sketch of E. Hoffman Price. A 1951 author profile of L. Sprague de Camp, a WEIRD TALES cover gallery and more, including artwork by Eduardo Barreto, Rick McCollum, Hannes Bok and others.

SWORD & FANTASY #4 (2005). The front cover art is by Wally Wood, reproduced from the color version of the original art. This art first appeared on the dustjacket of the Gnome Press hardcover THE RETURN OF CONAN in 1957. Articles include the transcript of the entire WEIRD TALES panel from the 1998 San Diego Comicon (the panelists included Forry Ackerman and Gary Gianni). There are also various articles on heroic fantasy and sword & sorcery. An articles on Henry Kuttner's Elak of Atlantis (a character which was first published in WEIRD TALES from 1938-41). A 1989 interview with Karl Edward Wagner reprinted from the British publication DAGON. An interview with writer Chuck Pogue about the movie and novelization of DRAGONHEART. "Sword & Sorcery In Comics, part 2". A facsimilie reprint of "The Challenge From Beyond" from its original appearance in FANTASY MAGAZINE in 1935. A 1950s profile of Virgil Finlay. An examination of the possible origins of the art published on the cover of SWORD & FANTASY #1 and more. Artwork in the issue is by Rick McCollum, Mahlon Fawcett, Virgil Finlay and others.